Some of the small early bulbs do well in shade too, esp. scilla. From Wordnik.com. [Wanted: A more hopeful garden « knitnut.net] Reference
The latter are at the end of the season now, the scilla at the top. From Wordnik.com. [A little roundup again.] Reference
In the flower bed we have lots of blue scilla, plus crocus and Snowdrops. From Wordnik.com. [A little roundup again.] Reference
Poet's narcissus flowered and this scilla scilla planted together bloom at same time. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
The warm sunshine soon brought out the scilla and crocus, almost carpeting the whole bed. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The caption under it reads “scilla peruviana in bloom”, the grass is shown to the left of the scilla. From Wordnik.com. [Home Sweet Home « Fairegarden] Reference
The flower bed is blue from scilla now, with spots of white snowball primula and a few tulips and a single daffodil. From Wordnik.com. [Garden work] Reference
At the mouth swallowed or not swallowed: If swallowed liquid or solid: liquid, as compound wine of hellebore, scilla or sea-onion, senna. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Later on a mass of blue scilla surrounds the foot of the tree and the headstone and it looks as if the unknown Huckins was buried underwater. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
In the scilla there is no corona, neither a tube, but the petal-like sepals or divisions of the perianth are entire, going to the base of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The forget-me-nots began to look green along the edge, and up through the fading crocus and scilla came a few straggling grape hyacinths, blue and white, and one lonely plant of the Virginia cowslip. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
I once had all my tulips, crocuses and scilla dug up and eaten - in the basement. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen hederifolium, scilla, muscari, dwarf daffodils and crocus all work well. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Expectoration is probably promoted by the scilla maritima, which, in a few cases, seemed also to alleviate the cough and dyspnœa. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
Both these sensations are aggravated by a very hard, frequent, and dry cough, which however begins to be less violent from the use of the scilla maritima. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
Snowdrops are too pale to stand among crocuses, and the Persian iris gets small credit for its lovely markings, if planted near the deep blue scilla or the bright purple bulbocodium. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
Tuck in tulips and hyacinths as well as other spring-blooming bulbs such as anemone, crocus, daffodil, Dutch hyacinth, Dutch iris, freesia, leucojum, narcissus, pictured, ranuncula and scilla. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Autumn is when you plant early season beauties like crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths, scilla, snowdrops and tulips because they require a long period of cool temperatures to spark the biochemical process that causes them to flower in spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
If you have an early spring, small bulb area in your garden full of galanthus, scilla, crocus, and muscari - an area where you don't mow the grass till the bulbs set their seed - checkered lily, naturalized and growing in huge masses, would be a sight to behold. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
It was the time when the April sun smiles upon the meadow grass till it is very green and long enough to wave in the wind, and all amongst it the blue scilla flowers are like dewdrops reflecting the blue that hangs above the gnarled arms of the still leafless walnut trees. From Wordnik.com. [A Dozen Ways Of Love] Reference
“It may be straightforward,” Helena suggested in her fair way. “scilla has been thwarted when she approached the vigiles and the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Iddibal thought so too, and perhaps troubled by his father's involvement with her, he decided to warn me: “scilla has convinced Saturninus and Calliopus that this bout is a way to settle her legal claim — but Papa is certain it's a blind. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Satisfactory for flowered bloom scilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Paul Zorn: I think it's scilla: http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/S cilla not Scylla: http://en. wikipedia.org/wik. From Wordnik.com. [Locally Grown Northfield] Reference
Or scilla bulbs. From Wordnik.com. [More garden work!] Reference
SuppL p. 198. scilla. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
The tiny scilla, sapphire blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time] Reference
Puschkinia libanotica, 225. scilla-like, 225. scilloides, 225. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
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